EP0721292B1 - Circuit for testing wire pairs - Google Patents

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EP0721292B1
EP0721292B1 EP96103149A EP96103149A EP0721292B1 EP 0721292 B1 EP0721292 B1 EP 0721292B1 EP 96103149 A EP96103149 A EP 96103149A EP 96103149 A EP96103149 A EP 96103149A EP 0721292 B1 EP0721292 B1 EP 0721292B1
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    • H04M3/28—Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor
    • H04M3/30—Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor for subscriber's lines, for the local loop
    • H04M3/302—Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor for subscriber's lines, for the local loop using modulation techniques for copper pairs
    • H04M3/303—Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor for subscriber's lines, for the local loop using modulation techniques for copper pairs and using PCM multiplexers, e.g. pair gain systems
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    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/50—Testing of electric apparatus, lines, cables or components for short-circuits, continuity, leakage current or incorrect line connections
    • G01R31/52—Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/50—Testing of electric apparatus, lines, cables or components for short-circuits, continuity, leakage current or incorrect line connections
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04M3/26—Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing with means for applying test signals or for measuring
    • H04M3/28—Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor
    • H04M3/30—Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor for subscriber's lines, for the local loop

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  • the invention relates to circuits for testing wire pairs, e.g. telephone lines.
  • Optical fiber has become the medium of choice for sending digital signals between the central office and remote terminals.
  • Recently the telephone service providers have extended the use of fiber optics beyond the remote terminal by setting up distant terminals on or near the subscriber premises and connecting these distant terminals to the remote terminal by a fiber optic link.
  • the distant terminal converts the digital signals from the fiber into normal analog signals.
  • wire pairs, or "drop" wires extend into the customer premises to provide service. While a fiber optic link between remote and distant terminals will greatly increase the information capacity to the subscriber, it also creates a problem in that it eliminates electrical access to the customer's wire pair for determination of fault conditions.
  • the present method for electrical testing of the subscriber's line utilizes a wire pair extending between the central office and remote terminal which can by-pass the digital link when testing is required (see, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,270,030). This technique is acceptable where thousands of customers are being serviced, as is usually the case between the central office and remote terminals. However, it becomes prohibitively expensive to provide wire pairs along with each fiber out to the distant terminals.
  • FR-A- 2 404 354 discloses a measuring device for telephone lines and sets.
  • the measuring device allows a technician to compare a reference resistor to an insulation resistance existing between conductors of a line being tested, and between any given conductor and ground.
  • the measuring device also allows the technician to establish a range of a microphone current.
  • EP-A-0 285 320 discloses a technique for DC or AC analysis in determining circuit element values in a three terminal equivalent circuit.
  • the technique uses at least one ratio, wherein the numerator and denominator of each ratio is a different function of at least one measurement of the three terminal equivalent circuit.
  • Each ratio is representative of the true value of one preselected circuit element to another preselected circuit element value.
  • the invention is as set out in claim 1.
  • Circuit means are provided for generating a constant current having at least two values. Also provided is a bridge circuit having two legs and including means for comparing voltages at the two legs of the circuit. The circuit further includes means for coupling at least one of the wires to a leg of the bridge circuit.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates in block diagram form a basic digital loop transmission system.
  • a central office includes a central office switch 10 and a terminal 11 which is optically and electrically coupled to a remote terminal 12 for providing bidirectional digital transmission.
  • the digital signals are usually carried by optical fibers, but a wire pair 13 is also included between the terminals providing an electrical by-pass for the purpose of testing.
  • This wire pair is coupled to a pair gain test controller 14 which is controlled by a mechanized loop tester (MLT) 15.
  • MLT mechanized loop tester
  • An optical link 17 connects the remote terminal to a distant terminal 16 which is coupled to a plurality of subscribers by wire pairs, only one of which is illustrated as 18.
  • a drop test module 20 is included as a plug-in circuit card at the distant terminal.
  • This circuit is designed to test the wire pairs, e.g. 18, to the various subscribers, and transmit the results in the form of optical data bits through the distant terminal by means of a data link 21 and an optical/electronic interface 22 back to the remote terminal.
  • the remote terminal includes an O/E interface 24 and data link 23 for receiving the signals and a plurality of resistors which can be coupled to the tip and ring conductors of the wire pair 13 by means of relays which are responsive to the data bits from the distant terminal.
  • the MLT 15 thereby has electrical access to the results of the drop wire testing in the form of these resistors.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a typical testing sequence performed by the drop test module 20.
  • the first test (designated FEMF) determines the extent of any voltage on the line when the distant terminal is disconnected (also known as “foreign voltage"). If there is a voltage, typically, of at least 10 volts, the wires fail and no more testing is conducted. If the wires pass that test, they are then tested for any leakage in the wires resulting from faults. This is accomplished in the next step of the diagram by coupling the tip and ring conductors of the wire pair together and determining if the combined resistance from the tip and ring conductors to ground is greater than 50K ⁇ . If it is not, the wires fail this first leakage test and the testing is terminated.
  • the wires pass the test (R T,R-GRD > 50K ⁇ )
  • the wires are subjected to a second leakage test in step three of the diagram.
  • the tip conductor is coupled to ground and the resistance from ring-to-tip is measured. If this resistance is, again, greater than 50K ⁇ , the wires pass and the next test is performed.
  • This test also known as a "continuity test” determines if the ringer in the customer's telephone is connected by measuring the capacitance of the customer's ringer. If the ringer is connected, the wires pass all tests; if not, the wires fail and an indication of "no ringer" is given.
  • step 3 if the resistance is not greater than 50K ⁇ , the wires must be tested further to determine if there is, in fact, a leak or if the customer's receiver is off-hook. These tests are illustrated in the right-hand leg of the diagram. Thus, in the next test, with the tip conductor again grounded, resistance is measured with a 15 milliamp current applied. If the measured resistance is not less than 650 ⁇ , the wires fail the leak test since the receiver could not exhibit this resistance if the receiver were off-hook. If the resistance is less than 650 ⁇ , the resistance of ring-to-tip is again measured, since there still might be an off-hook condition, but this time with 1 milliamp of current through the wires.
  • the wires fail the leak test since, again, there cannot be an off-hook condition exhibiting this resistance. If the resistance is greater than 200 ⁇ , the wires are tested one more time to determine if the resistance at 1 milliamp is more than 60 ⁇ greater than the resistance at 15 milliamps. If it is, the receiver is off-hook. If it is not, the receiver cannot be off-hook and so there must be leakage which would result in the wires failing the test. This concludes the testing procedure.
  • FIG. 3 essentially illustrates the driver section of the circuit.
  • CMOS switches 100 and 101 will alternatively be enabled to sink either a 1 milliamp or 15 milliamp current, respectively, from the tip and ring conductors.
  • the outputs of the switches provide a 2.5 volt reference voltage (generated across diode D 1 ) across resistors R 2 and R 3 to the inverting input of an operational amplifier 102.
  • the non-inverting input of the Op Amp is grounded.
  • the feedback loop of the Op Amp includes resistors R 7 , R 6 and R 4 as well as a pair of Darlington-coupled bipolar transistors, Q 1 and Q 2 .
  • a reference current of 0.1 milliamp or 1.5 milliamps is thereby created depending upon which of switches 100 or 101 is enabled. Applying this current to R 8 activates a x10 current mirror formed by Op Amp 103, resistor R 9 and Darlington-coupled bipolar transistors Q 3 and Q 4 . This produces the desired 1 milliamp or 15 milliamps current from the conductor labeled I source through resistor R 10 to point B which is at -30 volts.
  • the drawing of a constant current at the conductor I source will establish a voltage V S at one node of a bridge circuit where resistors R 15 and R 16 constitute one leg.
  • the other leg is formed by either R 24 or R 25 , depending upon which of solid state relays 104 or 105 is enabled, and the load resistance, R L , formed by the customer equipment on the conductors labeled Tip and Ring.
  • the tip conductor is coupled to the node connecting R 24 and R 25 (labeled V 1 ) through a fuse F 1 , a relay contact K 1B , a resistor R 42 and another relay contact K 2 .
  • the ring conductor is coupled to the node through fuse F 2 , relay contact K 1C and resistor R 43 .
  • the voltage V 1 at this node is compared with the voltage V 2 at the node coupling R 15 and R 16 by means of a differential amplifier including Darlington-coupled bipolar transistors Q 7 and Q 8 and resistor R 18 in one leg, and Darlington-coupled bipolar transistors Q 9 and Q 10 and resistor R 19 in another leg.
  • the output of this differential amplifier appears as a high or low voltage on the conductor labeled "COMP.”
  • a constant current is drawn through the amplifier by a constant current source including bipolar transistors Q 5 and Q 6 having their base regions coupled in common to resistor R 21 and their emitters coupled to voltages of -30 volts through resistors R 22 (for Q 5 ) and R 23 (for Q 6 ).
  • a 1 milliamp current is established at I source by activating switch 100.
  • relay 106 is enabled to connect a 20 volt zener diode, D 2 , to the same conductor.
  • this establishes a V S on the conductor I source of -20 volts.
  • switches 104 and 105 both disabled, V 2 will be equal to -10 volts since R 15 and R 16 are equal.
  • the tip and ring conductors are tied together by closing relay contacts K 1B and K 1C and opening relay contact K 2 .
  • the voltage V 1 on the tip and ring conductors is compared with the voltage V 2 of -10 volts by the differential amplifier including transistors Q 7 -Q 10 as previously described. If V 1 ⁇ -10 volts, current in the differential amplifier will flow through the Q 7 -Q 8 leg and the output at the COMP conductor will be high, while if V 1 ⁇ -10 volts, the current will flow through Q 9 -Q 10 and the output will be low.
  • next few leakage tests can also be performed by basically the same portion of the circuit described so far.
  • tip and ring conductors are again tied together by closing relay contacts K 1B and K 1C and opening relay contact K 2 .
  • Switch 100 (of FIG. 3) is enabled to generate a 1 milliamp current, while switch 106 (of FIG. 3) is disabled and switch 104 is enabled in order to connect R 24 , which is approximately 50K ⁇ , to the tip and ring conductors.
  • V 1 will be greater than or equal to V 2 if the resistance of the subscriber's line, R L , is less than or equal to 50K ⁇ , and, conversely, V 1 will be less than V 2 if the subscriber's line resistance, R L , is greater than 50K ⁇ .
  • V 1 ⁇ V 2 current in the differential amplifier will flow through Q 7 -Q 8 and the output at COMP will be high, while if V 1 ⁇ V 2 , the current will flow through Q 9 -Q 10 and the output will be low.
  • the second leakage test R TR > 50K ⁇
  • the procedure is the same except that relay contact K 2 is closed so that the tip conductor is grounded.
  • switch 101 of FIG. 3 is enabled to produce a constant current of 15 milliamps at I source .
  • Switch 105 (FIG. 4) is also enabled and switch 104 disabled so that now resistor R 25 is coupled to the ring conductor (while tip remains grounded by relay contact K 2 ). Since R 25 is approximately 650 ⁇ , the output appearing at COMP, which compares the two voltages V 1 and V 2 as previously described, will indicate whether the resistance on the subscriber's line is greater than or less than 650 ⁇ .
  • the voltage V 1 appearing when R 25 is coupled to tip and ring is coupled to an input of Op Amp 107 by enabling switch 117.
  • the output of Op Amp 107 is coupled to a sample and hold integrated circuit 108 after being divided (by 15 in this case) by the resistors R 32 and R 33 .
  • the resulting voltage is stored on capacitor C 10 for later use.
  • the current at I source is returned to 1 milliamp and R 25 continues to be coupled to the tip and ring conductors.
  • the resulting voltage V 1 is still coupled by switch 117 to Op Amp 107, but the output of the Op Amp is also connected to the non-inverting input of comparator 109.
  • the comparator compares this input with the ratio of resistors R 30 to R 31 , which in this example is approximately 8.7. With R 30 and R 31 coupled to a voltage of -5 volts, the comparator will produce a signal on the conductor labeled "short" if R L is less than or equal to 200 ohms, while no signal will be produced if R L is greater than 200 ⁇ .
  • the last leakage test (R 1 -R 15 > 60 ⁇ ) is conducted by comparing this output of Op Amp 107 with the voltage stored in capacitor C 10 from the previous leakage test which was conducted at 15 millimaps (R TR ⁇ 650 ⁇ ).
  • a reference voltage of +2.5 volts applied to resistor R 35 subtracts from the output of 107 the equivalent of 60 ⁇ of resistance.
  • the resulting signal is then applied to the inverting input of comparator 110, while the voltage stored in capacitor C 10 is applied to the non-inverting input through the sample and hold circuit 108. If the signal at the inverting (-) input is less than that at the non-inverting (+) input, a signal will appear at the conductor labeled ROH to indicate the receiver is off-hook. If the signal at the inverting input is greater than or equal to that at the non-inverting input, no signal will appear at ROH, thus indicating that the problem was a leak.
  • the test for the presence of a ringer on the customer's line is made by measuring the capacitance between tip and ring.
  • This test makes use of the high voltage which is derived by taking the ringing supply (an AC signal of approximately 20 Hz which is continuously applied to the conductor "20 Hz" of FIG. 3) and rectifying it by diode D 3 to store a voltage of approximately -120 volts on capacitor C 3 .
  • This voltage is discharged onto I source by enabling switch 112 while the energy delivered to the load is restricted by R 11 to prevent the telephone from accidentally ringing.
  • This voltage charges the capacitance, C L , on the customer's line (FIG. 4) through resistor R 25 by activating switch 105.
  • Zener diodes D 4 and D 5 limit the voltage stored on the line to -75 volts.
  • the large voltage used (-75V) allows sufficient charge to be stored on electronic ringers that have zener diodes in series with the capacitor.
  • reference capacitors C 18 and C 8 are also charged to the same voltage V S by enabling switch 111. When switches 112, 105, and 111 are disabled, the capacitors are disconnected from the voltage V S .
  • Enabling switch 117 causes the ringer capacitance, C L , to discharge through resistors R 26 and R 27 which have a combined resistance of approximately 50K ⁇ .
  • reference capacitors C 18 and C 8 will discharge through resistor R 16 which is also equal to approximately 50K ⁇ .
  • the voltages V 1 and V 2 are compared by the comparator element as previously described. If V 1 is greater than V 2 , there is a ringer on the line.
  • the circuit also provides a means for pre-screening the tip and ring conductors for high voltage prior to the series of tests previously described. This pre-screening is accomplished by routing the tip and ring conductors through relay contacts K 1B and K 1C of FIG. 4 and resistors R 46 , R 47 , and R 44 , R 45 to conductor HV. Any positive voltage on HV will be inverted to a negative voltage by inverter 120 of FIG. 5. As also shown in FIG.
  • V p the peak value of any AC signal or the DC signal will appear as a negative voltage V p applied to the inverting (-) input of comparator 114.
  • This voltage, V p gets compared with the voltage at the non-inverting (+) input produced by resistors R 49 and R 50 coupled to a source of -5 volts.
  • the output of comparator 114 produces a flag (PRESCREEN) at the programmable array logic (PAL) chip 115 and the testing will be terminated.
  • the signal on the COMP conductor from the previously-described tests utilizing the comparator including Q 7 -Q 10 of FIG. 4 is coupled to comparator 113 to provide gain and convert to a logic level signal on conductor COMP IN which can be utilized by the PAL 115. That signal as well as the signals previously described which are produced on the ROH, PRESCREEN, and SHORT conductors are all applied to the input portion of the PAL 115.
  • the test results appear as one bit on each of the output leads DTR1, DTR2, and DTR3.
  • the conductor DT DONE indicates when a test is completed.
  • the remainder of the output conductors are each coupled to one of the switches of the circuit as indicated.
  • the conductors labeled Relay 1 and Relay 2 operate, respectively, the relays K 1A and K 2A which are associated, respectively, with the relay contacts K 1B , K 1C , and K 2 of FIG. 4.
  • a monostable oscillator 116 is also coupled to the PAL to adjust the normal clocking of the PAL during the ringer test to produce the 10 millisec period for sampling the discharging capacitance.
  • the drop test module 20 is controlled by a microprocessor 201 which initiates testing by providing a signal on the TEST lead through a latch 202 after receiving a command (test code) from the central office as part of the normal digital stream on data bus 208.
  • This command along with a confirmatory signal (OTR) from the remote terminal, is coupled to the microprocessor 201 through latch 210 and specifies which of the channel units 203 are to be tested.
  • the test module is coupled to the drop wires through the channel unit 203 serving the subscriber when a relay K 10A is operated to close contact K 10B .
  • This relay is operated when microprocessor 201 sends a signal through latch 212 and relay driver 213 which is coupled to the relay. (It will be appreciated that only one relay driver and relay are shown, but there typically would be one of each for every channel unit.)
  • the test results from the module are transmitted as separate bits on leads DTR1, DTR2 and DTR3 to the microprocessor 201 through a latch 204.
  • the test bits are then transmitted along with other data to separate latches 205, 206 and 207 onto the data bus 208.
  • a multiplexer 209 frames the data bits and scrambles the signal according to well-known techniques.
  • the signal is then coupled to a standard optical/electronic interface 22, which comprises a laser and photodetector, for optical transmission to the remote terminal.
  • the optical data signal is transferred via optical link 17 of FIG. 1 from the distant terminal to the O/E interface 24 and data link 23 of FIG. 1 at the remote terminal.
  • the remote terminal converts the optical signal to an electronic signal by means of a standard optical/electronic interface circuit shown as 24.
  • the signals are coupled to a standard protection circuit, illustrated by block 302, and fed to a skew compensator 303 to set the incoming data to the clock (not shown) at the remote terminal.
  • the skew compensator can be the type including a programmable array logic chip which is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,839,907.
  • the signals are then descrambled by standard means 304, such as a custom IC chip which is part of a multiplexer/demultiplexer 309, and coupled to the input of a programmable array logic chip 305 which picks out the bits related to the drop testing and produces them on the lines labeled RLY1, RLY2 and RLY3.
  • standard means 304 such as a custom IC chip which is part of a multiplexer/demultiplexer 309
  • a programmable array logic chip 305 which picks out the bits related to the drop testing and produces them on the lines labeled RLY1, RLY2 and RLY3.
  • These bits are coupled to a standard relay driver 306 which operates relay contacts K 4A -K 7A .
  • These relays operate the contacts K 4B , K 5B , K 6B , K 7B , K 4C , K 5C , K 6C , and K 7C illustrated in FIG. 8.
  • the first number in the designation of the contact is the same as the
  • a backplane access circuit 307 decodes and translates digital signals from the central office.
  • This bit stream which includes a command (test code) from the central office to test a channel unit, is put onto the bus 311 and sent through a programmable array logic chip 305 onto bus 312 to the multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit 309. Part of this circuit includes a scrambling circuit 313. The scrambled signal is coupled to the O/E interface 24 and sent to the distant terminal.
  • the test code is also picked off of the incoming data and sent to a bank controller unit (BCU) 308. The BCU decides if the test should take place. If the test is to proceed, a confirmatory signal (OTR) is sent by the BCU through the backplane circuit onto lead 310 to the PAL where the signal is combined with the rest of the incoming signal on bus 312 for transmission to the distant terminal.
  • OTR confirmatory signal
  • the circuit of FIG. 8 is the remote terminal tip-to-ring resistance delta to the central office based on which contacts are opened or closed by the data from the drop test.
  • Resistors R 100 and R 105 produce constant ring-to-ground and tip-to-ground resistance which, in this example is approximately 91K ⁇ .
  • Resistor R 104 which in this example is approximately 18K ⁇ , provides a minimum resistance regardless of the test results.
  • Resistors R 101 , R 102 and R 103 which in this example are 40K ⁇ , 20K ⁇ , and 10K ⁇ , respectively, will be coupled between tip and ring or shorted out depending on the condition of switches K 5C , K 7C and K 6C , respectively, which are normally closed to short out these resistors.
  • the first condition in the table indicates no drop test module is available. In the event that the optical link between the distant and remote terminals is not working properly, an open circuit will be presented to the central office by opening switches K 5B , K 6B , and K 7B .

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